I don’t know how much time had passed, but when I opened my eyes, I saw Gayn’s face.
“You’re awake?” [Gayn]
“Ahh… Is it done? Eh?” [Ryoum]
My head was a bit hazy, but when I sat up, I noticed that it wasn’t only Gayn in the room, but also Kufo, Rurutia, and even Tekun who wasn’t there before.
“Tekun, why are you here?” [Ryouma]
“To make Gayn’s life easier. I was called here to extend the time you could spend here in this realm.” [Tekun]
Ahh! Now that he mentions it, I do have limited time here in this realm.
“I see, thank you.” [Ryouma]
“Don’t mind it. Here, drink.” [Tekun]
Tekun filled a cup with liquor, and passed it to me. Liquor always comes whenever I meet up with Tekun…
“By drink, you mean now?” [Ryouma]
“Just drink it in one gulp.” [Tekun]
For the meantime, I took a sip. The moment I drank it, my body felt hot, and immediately after, my body felt refreshed.
“What is this?” [Ryouma]
“Medicinal alcohol. It has the effect of stabilizing one’s mind when taken moderately. It’s the perfect wine for waking someone sleep like you, right?” [Tekun]
“So it’s that kind of wine. I certainly do feel like I’ve woken up.” [Ryouma]
“Then, since you’re awake now, let me explain.” [Gayn]
Gayn joined in on the discussion.
“First things first, I wasn’t able to completely remove all of the negative influence now.” [Gayn]
Eh!? Then what’s going to happen to me?
“Was it no good?” [Ryouma]
“I just wasn’t able to remove everything ‘now’. I could remove everything, but removing it all in one swoop would put too much burden on your soul, so I didn’t.
I put up something to suppress the influence instead. As long as we keep treating the influence just as we did today, eventually, all of the influence will disappear.” [Gayn]
“Just look at it as if you’re dropping by the hospital to receive treatment. The treatment was done once to buy time and reduce the burden on the soul. You’ll receive more treatments later on, and eventually, you’ll be bright as new.” [Rurutia]
Oh? Then in that case… I guess I’ll be ok, right?
You’ve been doing your best lately to get to Cormi Village, but you’ve already finished most of your preparations, right? So once you get the inheritance back, settle down at Gimuru for a while, and regularly visit the divine realm. Our free time for vising Earth will also lessen, but drop by the divine realm frequently, so we can treat you.” [Kufo]
“Alright. Please take care of me.” [Ryouma]
As I said that, all of the sudden, a god appeared before me at point blank.
“Uwaa!? Ah, Fer Noevir-sama.” [Ryouma]
“Did I startle you? My apologies.” [Fer Noevir]
The person that suddenly appeared before me was the god of magic, Fer Noevir-sama.
“It’s been awhile.” [Ryouma]
“Awhile? It’s only been half a year, no?” [Fer Noevir]
“…Half a year is considered plenty long amongst humans. Not that there’s a standard or anything.” [Ryouma]
“I see, but enough of that. I came here to give you something that I should hand over to you, or no. Rather, I came here to give you back something. [Fer Noevir]
“Something that should be returned?” [Ryouma]
As I was wondering to myself what the god meant, Fer Noevir-sama made the magic gem that I brought appear.
“…Is that what you mean by something that should be returned?” [Ryouma]
“Precisely.” [Fer Noevir]
“Umm… Even if you give it back to me, a demon king’s fragment is a bit…” [Ryouma]
“Don’t worry, I’ve already removed the will of the demon king from it. Its quality is abnormally high because of the demon king’s influence that it’s received for a long time, but it’s just a dark attribute magic gem now. And since you were the one who dug it out, you have the right to own it. I suggest using it to make a wand or something.
It’s up to you what you want to do with it, but I would advise you not to sell it as it would cause a commotion.” [Fer Noevir]
As Fer Noevir-sama said that, he left no room for arguments as he quickly handed to me the magic gem. I stored the magic gem in my ‘Item Box’.
There, Tekun turned me by the shoulder, and said,